Pause of Polarity Interchange

Line of inquiry:
Betwixt two thoughts there is a gap
No illusions therein entrap
In the time stretched pause we then see
Ego craving is a mousetrap

Duality is an illusion of abstraction,
or is it the material existence of you and I,
how can opposites maintain an attraction
except in a gap between two thoughts,
mine and yours become ours in the subtraction
of a time~stretched pause that seems a forever zeptosecond*
to the mouse waiting for the trap’s malefaction
as the progression of events 
continues as before with a covert sigh 
when we realize ego is an impossible impaction. 


*A zeptosecond is a trillionth of a billionth of a second. 
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Jones Avatar
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Very clever! Thought provoking!
Achara Avatar
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Thank you.
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